Achi news desk-
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Dinesh Bobate, a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai, in connection with a disproportionate assets case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last December.
Bobate has been instructed to appear before officers of the Electoral Department this week for questioning. Sources say this development could spell trouble for his mentor, Anil Desai.
The ED has initiated a money laundering case against Bobate based on the CBI corruption case, which alleges that Bobhate and his wife have accumulated disproportionate assets worth Rs 2.58 crore, 36.43% more than their known sources of income.
According to the CBI, Bobhate allegedly acquired these assets while working as an assistant and senior assistant at New India Assurance Corporation Ltd in Lower Parel from 2014 to 2023. The evidence gathered indicates that Bobhate -treat his official position and have assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, including fixed deposits, mutual funds and movable and immovable property.
The CBI investigation also revealed a number of financial irregularities in Bobate’s bank accounts, including money received from friends and his son under the guise of ‘financial assistance’. These funds were then withdrawn, along with deposits from fixed deposits, mutual fund investments and other unknown sources of income, all deposited in the names of Bobate and his wife.
Following the CBI’s findings, the ED registered an ECIR in February 2024 to investigate the money laundering aspect of the case. The Electoral Department aims to determine whether the assets alleged to have been illegally collected by Bobate have any links to political leaders or parties.
